Impeoved tumblee-washee



DANIEL M SltIllRS,A OF NEW YQRK, N. Yr.

Letters Patent No. 82,650, dated September 29, 1868.'

IMPROVED TUMBLER-WASHBR.

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-Beit known that I, DANIEL M. SOMERS, of the oity'county, and` State ofNew York, have invented a new and usefullmprovement in Tumbler-Washers,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, and which represents a sectional elevation of my improvedtumbler-washer.

My improvement in tumbler-washers consists in atumbler-holder orinside-washer, of peculiar construction, being made withrribs or pendentarms, for-ming a frame, so shaped and constituted as to give it anelastic char'- acter, and wedge-`presentation to the tumbler,for'operation in connection with an automatic valve, and so that, inseatingA the tumbler on said frame, it is readily fitted thereon, or toitsplace of rest, without danger of break-v age, and free from allliability of afterwards tipping o the same during such singleadjust-ment of it, acting both by side pressure and weighton the frame,and serving, at the same time, t0 quickly open the valve, to admit astreamer streams of water, for play on or against vthe `inside of thetumbler; in the-.arrangement of a turbine within the supply-stem, andrelativelyY to the-discharge-orieesot' the outside-washerrto givearotary motion tothe latter, so that the w'ater therefrom may beuniformly directed upon the tumblers, regardless of the variable forcethereof. Said invention also covers a'bouquet-vase, or its equivalent,at top of the centralV stem, constructed to form a valve for control ofthe water tothe outside sprinkler, and made.to rotate by means of aturbine arranged within the stem. i

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the counter on whichthe'machine stands, and the basin of the apparatus. 'Arranged within,the latter is a central upwardly-projecting stem, C, here shown as madeup of a base-portion, a', cylinder or box, b, and upper portion, @formedof or -with alvase or flower-holder,

d, and outside-tumbler sprinkler or washer, e, said upperA portion, withits vase and sprinkler, being made to revolve, on openingescape-apertures f, in the-cylinder, by the action of'a turbine, g,arranged within said cylinder, and made fast to a hollow supply-shaft orrevolving pipe, L, that carries the sprinkler and vase, the latter, orits stem, being made to form a valve, z', on top of the shaft, for, byscrewing down or partly unscrewing the vase orstem, shutting off, oi'opening, or regulating the supply of water to the sprinkier,'and, whensaid valve is closed, without, if desired, (by reason of the continuousopen connection of the turbine with the shaftva) stopping the rotationof the bouquet-vase, that thus forms both an ornament and valve to thesprinkler. The base-portion, a, of the central stemC, has anysuitable'number of channelsJc, or the basinmay be equivalentrly groovedor constructed, to carry olf the waste or soiled water from thebasiuinto a common discharge-- passage or main outlet-pipe, D, which, bythe arrangement, of the inlet-pipe or passage E, for water, underpressure within said common outlet, is the only part of thestructure'that. requiresa hole to be made in` the counter, so that when theapparatus is removed, there is but one hole toplug. This reducesdisiigurement of the counter, as compared with other arrangementsinvolving separate openings, that is, orte for the inlet and the-otherfor the outlet. i

vTheinlet-pipe E, which derives its supply, say,`by abranch, l, belowthe counter, is in open communication -with the hollow shaft h; also, bybranch or lateral openings, with pipes m, above the counter, forconveying water to the tumbler-holders or inside-Washers, which are'arranged within the basin, around vthe central stem G, rso that thesame sprinkler, e, that, in revolving, has a centrifugal action, to eecta more perfect washing of the outside of the tumblers, acts ina uniformmanner over a series of holders or tumblers lying thereon.

These tumbler-holders or inside-washers it is preferred to construct asfollows: F is a stem, screwing on to the top of the bent extremity ofthe-pipe m, and made with a. vertical passage, n, up through it, incommunication with the pipe m. On'and. around this stemare attached, atits-top, so as to give them a pendent character, any desired number, butpreferably three, ribs, Gr G. One, G', of these ribs -is jointed, as ato, to the stem F, while the others may be permanently attached theretoat their upper ends, but all, by reason of their construction or mode ofsuspens-ion, are more or less ofi an elastic character, so as to form aspring-frame, as it were,

and so shaped or hung as to present a wedge-ooniguration or conicalformation to the whole, which, in connectionr with the elastic characterof the ribs, facilitates the se'ating of the tumblei` over the frame,and prevents'breakage of the-glass; also, restrains the tumbler fromtipping off its bolder, the tumbler, in being adjusted to its seat,acting both by weight" an'd side =pressure on the ribs. Tiiejointcd rihG', under this action of the tumbler, and Whilethe latter is being letdown to its seat, operates, as it is forced inwards, toquickly open thevalve H, to admit water for washing the `insideof the tumbler, aAspring,1, serving to close saidvalve, and to throw the vjointed rib Goutwards, when or as the tumbleris being removed from its holder, thespring, 7', also answering to give increased elasticity torsaid'rib.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tumbler-holder, consisting of a tubular stem, F, with fixedpendentv arms, G, and a jointed arm, G', connected with and operatingthe valve H, in an automatic manner, substantially as described.

2. The arrangement of a turbine within the supply-stem, and relativelyto the discharge-orifices of the outside-washer, to givea rotary motionto the iatter, substantially as shown and described set forth.

3. The combination of the vase d, forming a valve, z', with a rotarytumbler-sprinkler, substantially as set forth.

, for the purpose D. M. SOMERS. Witnesses:

A. LE CLERC, HENRY T. BROWN.

